Coopa

Bring it just in case. Also, I'm practicing my walking 720 right now, so I can show you guys for the tourney.

I might, repeat, MIGHT be going to the ranbat today. Really depends on when my dad comes down here. If I do go though, I'm going to be like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZRqHg58c_A

I fell asleep.

Every match becomes a troll match. Russian trance must be played through each and every single one.

I just contacted Galileo and Gucchi. They said they aren't going.

No commentator, no hype machine, no litchi tea drinks. This BB tournament is going to suffer. But at least we can all look forward to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRtHAjbOLfA I expect each and every single one of you to play this game. Jin/Kun Kung Fu Master or Blade Master. Also only 4/8 classes have been revealed.

:psyduck::psyduck::psyduck:

"Standing dust. ONLY IN AMERICA!" Also, might take a break off of fighting games for a bit. Got to focus on school.

Won't be there because no ride (Read: Spiritjuice can't carpool).

Did you record the matches between Willie and me? Because if you caught the astrals, then put those up. But if you recorded any other match with me in them, NO NO NONONNONONONONNONO. Please, don't put them up.

John! Don't put up my match videos. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON'T!!!!

Reading like the fist of the north star.

"Being a grappler is like opening up your favorite box of cereal, only to realize that the prize they promised you, disappeared mysteriously out through a punctured hole at the bottom: "Bull shit!" Yeah, that's right. And the sad part is this bull shit can go both ways. The concept of being a grappler opens up all new avenues in fighting games. You're going to be frustrated because the most commonly used strategy against your hug-friendly bff is zoning. It's like your favorite game just turned into a platformer, but that doesn't mean you got to jump like the princess is in another castle. NO! Jumpers are bad unless you've got a broken car. Minimize jumping and make your jumps random, so no anti-air normal or special can be used unless it comes with anticipation and reaction." My friend asked me how to play grapplers. I tried to give him useless info as a joke, but then I started giving him real info towards my page long explanation. Also, still unsure if I will be going to the ranbat.

Coopa is a hater, so he will appear here, hopefully on the 5on5 Norcal team.

OH, GOD! THE MONTH'S RENT IS LATE! I GOT TO GO TO CDC TO PAY FOR THE MONTH'S RENT OR LIVE OUT ON THE STREETS! Psychological victory. Guilt tripping. Top player strategies.

Also, Winson's birthday is May 15th. I expect all of you to be there to celebrate his birthday with lots of CAKE. http://www.fatestaynight.jp/index.html And if that comes out before his birthday, I'm going to force him to watch it. DO IT. Edit: TaoFTW, we need to talk. Got to inform you about the logistics with IPW and stuff regarding the event. Don't get your hopes up yet though. You still got a lot of work to do, but it's still very possible. But since IPW's support at Fanime (well, we will be at Super NCR, but the point is on paper supporting you) might help you get a sponsor by Aksys, I highly recommend you talk to Haunts. So, in the great words of this vid... THERE'S NO TIME, HURRY UP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E07uXPmaD-Q

If I use my connections to help make a pitch, that would be outside my jurisdiction. I'd probably have to talk to Haunts about it first, and then see if it's AOK, to get IPW behind us as well. Seeing how busy the guy is, I'm not sure if I can get IPW 100% backing John on the Minor idea. That, and I'm a lazy bastard. I haven't really done anything IPW-related besides grab some connections, but those were mostly for people, not IPW, as much as I hate to say it.

I don't even know what to say about this thread. It's definitely a hard matchup for Noel (coming from a Tager perspective). Mostly, in this matchup, I'm looking for overheads, since it seems most of Noel's damaging combos come from that. I zone with 5c buffered into 2d, so if 5c hits, I get shoulder tackle. Pretty good tool against Noel. I'm not sure what the counter to that is, but I'm thinking Noel's running 3c (to get under Tager's 5c) does the trick. I've seen Gucci actually do that--he run 3c's rapid cancels and goes into a combo, but the main problem is it's not reactable by any means, so you're throwing out a random guess to see if it hits and rapiding in hopes it landed. Post gadget finger, I've seen noels use 2d to get past throws (beaten by 5a), or sometimes they 5a (if Tager uses 6a to punish back dash), or sometimes, they use their meter and super, since I get the impression noel gets a lot of meter from her combos. This is just my experience facing most noel players, but whatever. All I can say is IB b sledge and 5a. It stops Tager's block string to only one good rotation. Edit: In the air game versus tager, if tager just teched, I've noticed a lot of noels try to out poke me with jumping a. For some reason, I have difficulty in j. 2cing, and my guess is because of the startup frames. I can stop Noel's air game by an early j. b though, but dunno. Still testing things out. I just say keep that in mind against Tager and test it out to your knowledge. If you fuck up a ground combo, do not back dash. Noel's back dash has a lot of lag time, and you're just going to eat a wakeup spark bolt to the face. Doesn't matter if it hits your or not, the point is when Tager gets magnetism on Noel, all your attempts at zoning become a lot harder. Optic barrel, blah, blah blah. Doesn't matter. You're going to eat a 5d to the face unless you predict it well enough and use the magnetism to make your jump better and c him in the face when you're in the air.

Seriously, seriously consider making your pitch to big names there about your Minor. I'm just not sure how you would do it. Would you need most of the dustloop peeps to come?

Screw Blaz Blue. I never knew jumps had throw invulnerability on startup. I'm going to go play visual novels until my rage falls over: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHhQlLUK_4&feature=related

As a Tager player, I will say this: Tager will watch your life. If you are below his life, you're most likely looking for a reset. Tager will watch your life. If you are above his life, he's most likely mashing 720. "But what if both your healths are even?" ... CONUNDRUM HEAD ASPLOSION

:gonk::gonk:

Why aren't you contributing?

John. This is where we part ways...